This program is 27 minutes long
#196813
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Stock Market Report.
(Studio: Betsy Stark) The day's big rally on the stock market examined; details given of earnings reports for Dell, Yahoo and Alcoa.
#196814
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) Negotiations with China about the detained crew members from the plane that landed on Hainan featured; details given from Secretary of State Colin Powell's letter to China about the planes' collision. [President BUSH - expresses regret for the missing Chinese pilot.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - comments on discussions.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Chinese leader Jiang Zemin shown in Chile on his Latin American visit.
(Beijing: Mark Litke) China's position on an apology from the US, their right to interrogate the crew members and the fate of their missing pilot examined. [US ambassador to China Joseph PREUHER - says we are working hard to solve this.] [Chinese foreign ministry official ZHU Bangzao - (thru translator) comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings; Hainan: David Wright) Telephone report on what is happening on Hainan with the United States plane's crew members presented.
(Studio: Peter Jennings; Pentagon: Martha Raddatz) Pentagon effort to paint the Chinese pilot Wang Wei as reckless like the Tom Cruise character in "Top Gun" discussed.
#196815
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Today's fighting between the Israelis and Palestinians and of the conviction in Britain of a Dutch driver for his role in the death of 58 Chinese immigrants being smuggled from Belgium reported; scenes shown from Gaza of a vehicle fired on by Israeli soldiers and from the West Bank where an Islamic Jihad member was killed by an exploding phone.
#196818
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Today's bomb scare at an elementary school in Hollywood, California, reported; aerial scenes shown.
(Washington: Michele Norris) Bomb scares at schools since the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, featured; examples cited; details given of the high costs of school closings. [Harrison, New York, school superintendent Donald HOWARD - says it's a tremendous nuisance.] [Wake County, North Carolina, schools security director Corey DUBER - says school shooting publicity leads to threats.] [Center for the Prevention of School Violence Joanne McDANIEL - says we take away the drivers' licenses of threat makers.]
#196819
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The closing of public schools in Hawaii due to a teachers' strike; Russia's forcing of a Delta flight from Atlanta to Japan to return to the United States and the birth of a fourth generation of gorillas in the Chicago zoo reported.
#196822
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The debate over free speech and political correctness on college campuses introduced.
(Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dan Harris) The reaction to ads in campus newspapers placed by David Horowitz, who argues against reparations for slavery, examined; details given of demonstration at Duke University, University of Wisconsin and Brown University against newspapers accepting the controversial ads. [Center of Popular Culture HOROWITZ - talks about the success story for black Americans.] [Brown student Emily WEINSTEIN - opposes the Horowitz ads as a paid hate.] ["US News and World Report" conservative columnist John LEO - criticizes college campuses.] [University of Virginia Law School professor Robert O'NEIL - says the learning environment is enhanced by sensitivity.] [Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Harvey SILVERGLATE - calls for the cultivation of liberty on college campuses today.]
#196825
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(London: Jim Wooten) The story of the posthumous success in Britain of American singer Eva Cassidy, who died of cancer four years ago, featured. [BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) radio producer Paul WALTERS - says the album is selling based on her voice.] [Father Hugh CASSIDY, friend Ruth MURPHY - talks about Eva's music.]
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